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. >> TIME
. >> TIME NOW FOR THE CORONA
VIRUS UPDATE FOR SAN ANTONIO
AND BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE NELSON
WOLF, TONIGHT WE'RE JOINED BY
DR. DOOM TO WOO WHO IS OUR
BEXAR COUNTY HEALTH AUTHORITY
AS WELL AS DR. IAN THOMPSON,
THE CEO FOR CRYSTAL SANTA ROSA
.
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. >> THIS
. >> THIS IS OUR KOVIC 19 UPDATE
FOR THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY.
TODAY WE ARE REPORTING 1000 78
NEW CASES OF COVE AT 19 IN
THE COMMUNITY TODAY WHICH
BRINGS OUR TOTAL TO THIRTY FOUR
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY
THREE.
THREE.
THREE. KEEP IN MIND AGAIN DAILY CASE
TOTALS ARE JUST ONE THING THAT
WE ARE TRACKING.
YOU CAN REVIEW MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND
POSITIVITY RATE HOSPITAL TRENDS
AND ONSET OF ILLNESS.
THE EPI CURVE AT COVE AT 19 NOT
SAN ANTONIO DOT GOV.
WE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE A NEW
HIGH TO REPORT TO YOU IN TERMS
OF TOTAL FATALITIES TODAY IN
ONE 24 HOUR PERIOD.
THIS BRINGS OUR TOTAL TO TWO
HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT.
WE HAVE 15 NEW DEATHS TO REPORT
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. THEY
. THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE. THEY ARE SEVEN HISPANIC MALES
IN THEIR 60S 70S AND 80S.
FIVE HISPANIC FEMALES IN THEIR
40S, 50S, 60S AND 70S.
TWO WHITE FEMALES AND HER FOUR
IN THEIR 40S AND 50S AND ONE
WHITE MALE IN HIS 60S.
WE CONTINUE TO MOURN THESE LAW
,THE LOSS OF THESE MEMBERS OF
OUR COMMUNITY AND WE ARE WITH
THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.
AND PLEASE KEEP THEM IN YOUR
THOUGHTS THIS EVENING OVER AT
OUR HOSPITALS.
OUR HOSPITALS. TONIGHT WE'RE REPORTING ANOTHER
DOWNWARD TREND IN TERMS OF
TOTAL HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS.
WE'RE REPORTING ONE THOUSAND
SEVENTY FOUR PEOPLE IN
THE HOSPITAL THAT'S DOWN 39
FROM YESTERDAY.
FROM YESTERDAY. WE ARE UPSET.
EXCUSE ME UP 8 IN THE ICU USED
TO FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY
SEVEN AND DOWN ONE ON
VENTILATORS TO TWO HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY SEVEN IN TERMS OF
CAPACITY 46 PERCENT OF
VENTILATORS ARE AVAILABLE.
12 PERCENT OF STAFF HOSPITAL
BEDS ARE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE
AND THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM OVERALL
REMAINS UNDER SEVERE STRESS.
THOSE OF YOU ARE TRACKING
THE TOTAL PROPORTION OF COVERED
19 HOSPITALS OVERALL.
THAT IS NOW AT 32 PERCENT OF
ALL PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL
ATTRIBUTED TO COVE AT 19.
TURN IT OVER NOW TO THAT BEXAR
COUNTY JUDGE NELSON WOLF.
THANKS, MARY.
THANKS, MARY. >> AT LEAST THE NUMBERS ARE
LOOKING GOOD IN TERMS OF PEOPLE
IN THE HOSPITAL AND OF OUR HIGH
POINT WAS TWELVE HUNDRED SIXTY
SEVEN SO WE'RE DOWN ABOUT ONE
HUNDRED NINETY THREE.
BUT THAT COULD CHANGE ANY DAY.
BUT THEY'RE REALLY SCARY PART
IS HOW MANY PEOPLE WE STILL
HAVE WHEN I SEE YOU AND ON OWN
VENTILATORS CONTINUE TO BE
CHALLENGE FOR US.
SO WE'RE ALL NEED TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE CAREFUL
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.
. I
. I MUST
. I MUST SAY WE'RE STARTING TO
RUN IN TROUBLE AT THE JAIL.
OUR POPULATION HAS EXPLODED
FROM TWENTY NINE HUNDRED UP TO
THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND
SIXTY FIVE OF THOSE ABOUT THREE
HUNDRED AND NINETY ARE PAPER
READY FOR THE STATE PRISON
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER THAT
THE STATE IS PICKING AT VERY
VERY FEW PEOPLE AT THE SAME
TIME THE STATE'S NOT PICKING UP
ON IT.
ON IT.
ON IT. ONLY ONE THIRD OF PEOPLE THAT
WE DID GET OUT ON P P ARE BONDS
NOW ONLY DOING ONE THIRD OF IT
BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER
BECAUSE SOME OF THE MAGS ARE
BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE
RESTRICTIVE.
RESTRICTIVE. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING TO US WITH
IT WITH ONLY WITH 47 GUARDS AT
27 CIVILIANS THAT DO TO COVET.
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF ROOM IN
THE JAIL TO SEPARATE THEM.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A VERY
GOOD SYSTEM TESTING WHERE THEY
COME IN, PUT THEM IN A SEPARATE
PLACE, KEEPING THE DISTANCE
THAT WE NEED TO KEEP BUT NOW
GOING THAT MUCH HIGHER IN
POPULATION WE'RE BEGINNING TO
SEE SOME PROBLEMS.
AS YOU MAY RECALL EARLY ON WHEN
WE HAD A POPULATION THAT WAS
VERY HIGH, WE HAD ABOUT TWO
HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE CASES
BUT WE WORKED HARD, DID
THE TESTING AND BRING IT DOWN.
AND BY JUNE THE 12TH WE ONLY
HAD 20 AND IT STAYED LOW FOR A
VERY, VERY LONG TIME AND NOW IS
TRAINING BACK UP.
WE HAD ONE HUNDRED THE OTHER
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. WE
DAY. WE HAD 83 YESTERDAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO REALLY HAVE
TO HAVE SOME HELP FROM
THE STATE AND I HAVE TO HAVE
SOME HELP FROM OUR JUDGES IN
TRYING TO STILL COMPLY WITH
THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER WHICH MADE
IT VERY, VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE
THE TRENDS GOING IN THE WRONG
WAY FOR OUR JAIL.
WE WERE JUST TALKING EARLIER
DR. AND ALL OF US ABOUT
THE ISSUE OF TESTING AND HOW
LONG TO ISSUE A TESTING.
THAT'S ONE THING.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S FAIRLY EASY TO
DO.
DO.
DO. WHAT'S BEEN HARD FOR US TO GET
THE RESULTS BACK FROM LABS.
I BELIEVE WITH THE TESTING
WE'RE DOING IN THE LABS WE'RE
USING WE'RE GETTING AVERAGE
ABOUT THREE DAYS BUT THERE'S
OTHERS THAT ARE TAKING SEVEN TO
10 DAYS AND THAT IS SHOWING UP
ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE BIG NUMBERS
NATIONWIDE, THERE WERE 100000
PEOPLE BEING TESTED IN MARCH.
NOW WE'RE UP TO 700000.
AND THESE LABS ARE GETTING
ABOUT 30000 EVERY DAY TO DO
THE TESTS SO THAT IS GETTING
BACKED UP IN A IN A
TREMENDOUSLY BAD WAY.
WE MENTIONED TO YOU WHERE WE
ARE ON HOSPITAL.
IT'S A TROUBLED ALL ACROSS
THE NATION.
THE NATION. THERE'S OVER 59000 PEOPLE IN
THE HOSPITAL TODAY BECAUSE
THEY'RE COVERED OF TEN THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED OR RIGHT HERE IN
THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WE'RE
GETTING ABOUT 66000 NEW VIRUS
CASES A DAY ACROSS THE NATION.
SO WE ARE STILL GOT A LONG WAY
TO GO TO SOLVE THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE BORDERS AROUND
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, BEXAR
COUNTY.
COUNTY.
COUNTY. PEOPLE COME IN.
PEOPLE GO OUT AND WE'RE
AFFECTED BY WHATEVER ELSE IS
HAPPENING IN THE NATION.
SO IT'S BEEN A REAL, REAL
CHALLENGE FOR US.
WHILE THERE'S SOME EVIDENCE WE
MAY BE HEADING IN THE RIGHT WAY
,WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO
GO.
GO.
GO. SO
GO. SO LIKE THE MAYOR SAYS, PLEASE
DO WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO
THE MASS SOCIAL DISTANCE
SANITATION STAY AWAY FROM LARGE
CROWDS.
CROWDS.
CROWDS. WE'VE STILL GOT A WAYS TO GO TO
GET OUT OF THIS.
WE DO AND IT'S NO TIME TO LET
YOUR GUARD DOWN AND REMIND YOU
THAT AS WE BRING YOU THESE
NUMBERS THESE ARE FAMILY,
FRIENDS, LOVED ONES, NEIGHBORS
,AUNTS, UNCLES, PEOPLE WHO
WE'VE LOST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND
WE HAVE SEEN AS THE CASES HAVE
GONE UP, THE SEVERITY OF CASES
IN THE HOSPITAL HAS ALSO AND WE
ARE TRACKING NOW THE MORTALITY
OF THESE CASES PARTICULARLY IN
ICU AS WELL AS ON VENTILATORS
AND ONE IN FOUR OF CASES WHO
ARE ADMITTED TO THE ICU ARE NOW
DECEASED IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND 40 PERCENT MORE THAN 40
PERCENT OF THOSE ON VENTILATORS
HAVE BEEN OR ARE NOW DECEASED.
SO WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
PLEASE DO YOUR PART.
WEAR A MASK.
AND IF YOU HAVE RECOVERED FROM
KOVAC 19, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO
CONSIDER DONATING PLASMA.
YOU CAN FIND OUT IF YOU ARE
ELIGIBLE TO DONATE PLASMA BY
CONTACTING THE SOUTH TEXAS
BLOOD AND TISSUE CENTER.
YOU CAN GO TO SOUTH TEXAS BLOOD
DOT OR RG AGAIN.
WEAR YOUR MASK.
STAY HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
AND WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. AS ALWAYS YOU CAN TEXT AGAIN TO
FIND THIS BRIEFING IS
CONTINUING RIGHT NOW ON KIDS BY
DOT COM AND OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
>> WANT TO BRING YOU UP TO
SPEED WITH SOME OF THE NEW
NUMBERS WE GOT TONIGHT.
ONE THOUSAND SEVENTY EIGHT NEW
CASES TO REPORT BRING US TO A
TOTAL OF THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND
SIX HUNDRED THIRTY THREE HERE
IN BEXAR COUNTY.
FIFTEEN NEW DEATHS TO REPORT
SADLY BRINGING US TO A TOTAL OF
TWO HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT DEATHS
SINCE WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING
CORONAVIRUS AND THE MAYOR JUST
TOLD US SOME NOT GREAT NUMBERS
THERE AT THE END.
ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT
TO THE ICU